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In 2013, 81.1 percent of U.S. mothers said they started out breast-feeding their baby. That's up from 75 percent in 2008, and 70 percent in 2000, according to the CDC.
[...] 52 percent of U.S. mothers said they were still breast-feeding their infants when the babies were 6 months old, and 30 percent said they were still breast-feeding when the babies reached 1 year.
How should society handle breastfeeding in public and the workplace? Should there be any restrictions on the age of the child?
Breastfeeding has obvious benefits for a child's development, but breast milk is also a fluid of the body that can carry disease.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-still-breastfeeds-daughter-aged-4881835
http://www.livescience.com/55846-breast-feeding-mothers-united-states.html
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @06:03PM
Society has to deal with everything that is public (social taboo, decorum, fashion, language, etc.). Society can mandate, encourage, ignore, discourage, or restrict public activities.
As for disease: there are laws against transmission of HIV, laws that require handwashing, and laws that require employers to provide access to hygene products and facilities.
My personal view on the situation is that breastfeeding should be encouraged and pre/post-natal care, including antivirals if necessary, should be required (and covered by society). I don't have any particular view on workplace or public breastfeeding, but I am interested in this community’s perspective - especially in the context of the workplace (should employers be required to accommodate, how much time out of the day, paid/unpaid time, how long after birth, requirements for storage/transport of milk, etc.).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_transmission_of_HIV_in_the_United_States [wikipedia.org]